diff --git a/make_release/nu_release.nu b/make_release/nu_release.nu
index 34e3d8e..a1c6ed0 100644
--- a/make_release/nu_release.nu
+++ b/make_release/nu_release.nu
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ let subcrates_wave_1 = [
 ]
 
 let subcrates_wave_2 = [
+    nu-cmd-base,
     nu-cmd-lang,
     nu-cmd-dataframe,
     nu-cmd-extra,